III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING A. OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING Regional Setting The project site is located within the West Los Angeles community in the City of Los Angeles. Regional access to the project site is provided by Interstate 405 (I-405), located approximately 1.25 miles to the east, and Interstate 10 (I-10), located approximately 0.6 miles to the south. Local Setting The project site is comprised of approximately 11.55 acres, or approximately 503,206 square feet, located north of Olympic Boulevard and south of Nebraska Avenue, between Bundy Avenue and Centinela Avenue. The addresses associated with the project site include 1901, 1925 and 1933 South Bundy Avenue and 12333 West Olympic Boulevard. As shown in Figure III-1, Aerial Photograph of Surrounding Land Uses, the project site is bordered by light industrial and commercial facilities to the north, Bundy Avenue to the east, an office building and a car dealership to the south, and a City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power facility (LADWP Yard) and additional parking to the west. (See also Figure II-1, Regional and Project Vicinity Map, in Section II, Project Description.) Project Site Land Uses Photographs of the project site are depicted in Figures III-2 through III-7, Views of the Project Site. The project site is developed with four structures and two surface parking lot areas. The existing structures include a 166,283-square-foot office, manufacturing and research facility and three one-floor office buildings that occupy approximately 30,000, 20,000, and 34,000 square feet, respectively. The 166,283- square-foot building formerly occupied by Teledyne Controls provides approximately 29,600 square feet of office space, 42,942 square feet of research and development space, and 93,741 square feet of manufacturing/assembly space. The three single-floor buildings are located along Bundy Drive between La Grange Avenue and Missouri Avenue. The existing office, manufacturing and research facility is located west of these buildings and is separated by a surface parking area. This facility extends south in an L-shape configuration to Olympic Boulevard. The 166,283-square-foot Teledyne Controls building, an office, manufacturing and research facility (see Figure III-2, View 1), extends south in an L-shape configuration to Olympic Boulevard. The Teledyne Controls building is served by an adjoining surface parking area (see Figure III-2, View 2 and View 3). Driveways on both Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive provide access to this building. Another surface parking lot is located just north and east of the Teledyne Controls building (see Figure III-3, Views 4 through 6 and Figure III-4, View 7). Additional views of this surface parking lot are shown in Figure III- 5, Views 10 through 12. The western border of Parcel B (i.e., the boundary between the Teledyne Controls building and the Tribecca West buildings) is shown in Figure III-4, View 9. Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-1 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-2 Office Project Boundary NEBRASKA AVENUE Animal Single-Family Hospital Residential LA DWP Yard Office Light Industrial/ Commercial Auto Service Multi-Family OLYMPIC BOULEVARD Residential Office Animal MISSOURI AVENUE Office Shelter Single-Family Office Gym Residential Office Auto Retail Dealership LA GRANGE AVENUE Office BUNDY DRIVE Office Retail Retail Gas Station Gas Station Source: Madison Partners, June 2004; and Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, February 2007. Figure III-1 Aerial Photograph of Surrounding Land Uses City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-4 View 1: Looking northeast across Olympic Boulevard View 2: Looking northwest across the southern portion towards the Teledyne Controls building. The three-story of Parcel B, at a surface parking lot and the Teledyne Tribecca West buildings can be seen in the background. Controls building. Entrance to this surface parking lot can be seen in the foreground, in addition to the LADWP Yard, which is located to the west (left) of the chain-linked fence. WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE MISSOURI AVE BUNDY DR IOWA AVE CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE NEBRASKA AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSISSIPPI AVE 3 OLYMPIC BLVD 2 1 # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 3: Looking southeast across the southern portion of Parcel B, at a surface parking lot and the Teledyne Controls building. The LADWP Yard is located to the west (right) of the chain-linked fence. Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2006. Figure III-2 Views of the Project Site Views 1, 2 and 3 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-6 View 4: Looking south across the northern portion of View 5: Looking southwest across the northern portion of Parcel B, at the surface parking lot and northern boundary Parcel B, at the northern boundary of the Teledyne of the Teledyne Controls building. Controls building. WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE MISSOURI AVE BUNDY DR IOWA AVE CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE 6 4 NEBRASKA AVE 5 SSIPPI AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSI OLYMPIC BLVD # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 6: Looking southeast across a surface parking lot towards one-story commercial brick buildings that front Bundy Drive. In addition, the high-rise office building located at the northeast corner of Bundy Drive and La Grange Avenue can be seen in the background. Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2006. Figure III-3 Views of the Project Site Views 4, 5 and 6 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-8 View 7: Looking southeast across Parcel A from the View 8: Looking north across the surface parking northern border of the project site. The Fox Studios and lot, located behind one-story commercial brick buildings Tribecca West buildings can be seen in the background. that front Bundy Drive. WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE AVE MISSOURI BUNDY DR IOWA AVE CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE 7 8 NEBRASKA AVE 9 SSIPPI AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSI OLYMPIC BLVD # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 9: Looking northwest at the southern boundary between the Teledyne Controls building to the north (right) and the Tribecca West building to the south (left). Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2006. Figure III-4 Views of the Project Site Views 7, 8 and 9 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-10 View 10: Looking north across a surface parking lot View 11: Looking southwest at the western boundary located in Parcel A between the Teledyne Controls building of the Teledyne Controls Building and adjoining surface and the one-story commercial brick buildings that front parking lot, which is accessed via Bundy Drive. Bundy Drive . WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE MISSOURI AVE BUNDY DR IOWA AVE CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE 12 NEBRASKA AVE 11 10 SSIPPI AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSI OLYMPIC BLVD # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 12: Looking southwest across the surface parking lot located in Parcel A, with the Fox Studios and Tribecca West buildings in the background. The Teledyne Controls building is also located in the background, to the north (right). Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2006. Figure III-5 Views of the Project Site Views 10, 11 and 12 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-12 View 13: Looking northeast from the Bundy Drive View 14: Looking southward near the intersection of entrance to the project site towards Bundy Drive and a Bundy Drive and Missouri Avenue, toward the one-story high-rise office building. Commercial brick buildings on commercial brick buildings on the project site. the project site are located to the north (left) and the Fox Studios building to the south (right). WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE AVE BUNDY DR MISSOURI 14 IOWA AVE 15 CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE 13 NEBRASKA AVE SSIPPI AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSI OLYMPIC BLVD # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 15: Looking southwest across Bundy Drive at the Bundy Drive driveway entrance to the project site. The Fox Studios building (not part of the project site) is on the left. Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2006. Figure III-6 Views of the Project Site Views 13, 14 and 15 City of Los Angeles April 2009 This page intentionally left blank Bundy Village and Medical Park III. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page III-14 View 16: Looking northwest across Bundy Drive toward the eastern boundary of the project site. WELLESLEY AVE AMHERST AVE AVE BUNDY DR MISSOURI IOWA AVE 16 CENTINELA AVE LA GRANGE AVE NEBRASKA AVE City of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica MISSISSIPPI AVE OLYMPIC BLVD # Photo Location UP RR Limited Easement 0375 750 Project Site Feet PHOTO LOCATION MAP Source: Christopher A.